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'A tough experience'
Pros:
None
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Cons:
Continuing nerve pain, exposure lowere eyes, under neurlogist care and opthamologist
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Cost:
$6000
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Healing time:
Still going on 5 months
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Pain-o-meter: 7
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I went to this Plastic surgeon to check come sun spots I was concerned about, he said he did not treat these types of things he was a face man. I asked him to look at my face and see if there was anything he thought he thought I should do now or in the near future (I told him the things I had already done) to nip the aging process in the bud) he suggested immediately an eyebrow lift, it would "refresh" my face. I am a sucker for anything that will keep my beautiful face youthful.
I am 47, and look much younger. He took pictures and while the difference was VERY minute, I agreed. He also felt I should have a mild chemical peel. I have always had very delicate skin, and this was the only part that bothered me and right before the surgery, I chickened out, and said instead of mild I wanted super super mild as in diluted more than he had ever diluted before (and boy was I glad) I think I would have been permanently burned...I was carried home more out of it than any "ambulatory" surgery I had ever had and woke up during drilling into my head which I did not know they did. They next day it was clear my brows were crooked but he said nothing until the second post op visit and he said we have to operate again right away. The second surgery was brutal and I felt like I had been shot through the head.
To make this long story shorter I suffer nerve pain all over the top of my head where the incisions are and my forehead where the muscles are pulled, he tried all manner of non-helpful drugs and I suffered for months. He finally tried Neurontin, which helped for 2 weeks. Then it stopped. He sent me to a neurologist and we just kept increasing the Neurontin to 1600 mg 3 X day and added Topaxin 50 mg 3X day and now Clonopin, which they give me to shut me up because I am no better. The plastic surgeon told my Primary Dr. there is no "Organic" reason for my pain, and to give me some Paxil to help my "psychiatric symptoms" Why not help the pain and then I'll be fine!!!!!!!
The pain gets so bad and I get so cranky I told him I almost killed one of my beloved pets, he didn't take that very seriously or thought that was funny or that I was a nut case. This is all because of this surgery I was a normal happy person before this. My other surgeries were fine. SO here I am I take all this medicine, sometimes 24 pills a day......
:-) Anybody else?????
Here are more details:
How results differed from what I expected:
I did not need a brow lift, I am very young looking, I had no wrinkles on the forhead, I neede maybe a small
adjustment to my lids, that's all
Biggest fears pre-procedure:
None
Healing aids used:
no
Number of doctors consulted:
none other
Number of years I thought about having the procedure:
Spur of the moment
Had an elective procedure before:
Yes
Complications or follow-up procedures:
Brows crooked, second surgery right away, pain in head started about ten days later and never abated to this day
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regarding your condition.
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Gender:
Female
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Age:
47
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Ethnic group:
Caucasian
Education:
Post-graduate degree
Country:
United States
State/Province:
Massachusetts
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Caucasians are more likely to have checked for skin cancer in the past year than African-American (45% vs. 17%)
(Source: American Society for Dermatological Surgery)
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